She Helped the Resistance During WWII
When Hepburn was just a young teenager who could have spent her youth spending time with friends and trying to distract herself from all the drama, she did what she could to support the Resistance. When she was doing a screen test for the film ‘Roman Holiday,’ she spoke about how she performed ballet for audiences that were too afraid to applaud because they didn’t want the Germans to catch them.
Audrey Hepburn, Mel Ferrer at her birthplace, Doorn, Holland. Photo By Everett Collection/Shutterstock
The money she earned from her recitals were donated to the Resistance. Similar to other Dutch children of the time, she was sometimes a courier, delivering papers and money from one group of resistance workers to another. This work was usually done by children because the Germans seldom checked them.